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May 7, 2024Archives of Public HealthOpen Access

Breast cancer incidence, stage distribution, and treatment shifts during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide population-level study

Hanna M. Peacock Lien van Walle Geert Silversmit Patrick Neven Sileny Han Nancy Van Damme

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The first COVID-19 wave in 2020 necessitated temporary suspension of non-essential medical services including organized cancer screening programs in Belgium. This study assessed the impact of the pandemic on breast cancer (BC) incidence, stage at diagnosis, and management in Belgium in 2020.

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Peacock et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6b2a9b6db64358763448a https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01296-3

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